Crypto billionaire Justin Sun says he received a $100K Trump-branded watch at the president's meme coin dinner

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Business Insider

May 23, 2025, 3:09 PM ET


The crypto billionaire Justin Sun said he received a $100,000 Trump-branded watch at President Donald Trump's meme coin dinner on Thursday, held at the Trump National Golf Club outside Washington, DC. The top 220 holders of the token were invited to the event.

In photos and videos of the event, Sun posed with other attendees and signed a printout of a leaderboard showing he was No. 1 among the top 220 Trump coin holders.

Sun said he was gifted a Trump Tourbillon watch, which retails for $100,000. The top 25 holders were treated to a more intimate reception with Trump.

"I really appreciate, like, everything the Trump administration has done to our industry," Sun said in a video that he reposted on X. "As the president said right before, so like, basically, like, 100 days ago, like, they go after crypto people like everywhere. That's impossible for us to have such beautiful events in DC."

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/justin-sun-trump-coin-dinner-watch-2025

[SunSeeker]

1. Did the watch say "RUMP"?

https://www.wwnytv.com/2025/05/14/rump-customers-upset-with-missing-t-trump-branded-watch-that-cost-640/

[Bluetus]

23. Came off the same line that makes Mickey Mouse watches

And that "$100,000 watch" was undoubtedly made in China.

[dchill]

2. Correction: "Sun said he was GRIFTED a Trump Tourbillon watch..."

Bribin' in broad daylight! Gotta stick up for your utter lack of principles!

[3Hotdogs]

10. He sent Eric down to Canal Street to buy it.

Then it went to Benny to get it engraved.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Probably doesn't work.

He should have just gone to Cartier and bought a Rolex.

[mpcamb]

40. Collect the tax on it anyway.

[Hornedfrog2000]

4. I want a turdbillion watch

[Irish_Dem]

5. More cheap crap from the Trump White House Grift Shop.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. I guess that means the Trump Turdbillion (thanks, Hornedfrog2000) watches aren't selling

for their ridiculous price, so they have to give them away, like the crappy RW books that are mostly "gifts" with subscriptions or donations, so that they get onto a bestseller list with an asterisk.

[Maeve]

9. My first thought, as well!

And how much do they retail for?

[Onthefly]

7. A $10 tRump watch branded RoTex.

[GB_RN]

8. Dude...

A $10 watch is built to higher quality than anything Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent grifts off of. No way he spent more than 50 cents on each of those craptacular pieces of shit. 😂

[Bengus81]

11. And you believe that BULLSHIT Sun? That fucker lies about the day of the week

so I doubt your BIG BEAUTIFUL watch is worth 100K,more like $29.99

[AllaN01Bear]

12. hokey smoke, i cant count that high.

did we the people pay for that watch/

[AverageOldGuy]

13. Does his $100,000 watch:

Keep better time than:
-- My Timex Expedition, $44.95 on Amazon, or,
-- My Rolex GMT Master for which I paid $196 at the Army Post Exchange, Bien Hoa, Vietnam, as I was waiting for my flight home after completing my tour in Vietnam, February 1970.

[rurallib]

14. I have a $250,000 Abraham Lincoln toaster I might consider trading with him

Sometimes it even makes toast.

[EarthFirst]

15. This is the same fool who purchased a banana duct taped to a wall for $6.2 million...

…and proceeded to eat it.

Fuck him.
Fuck every single billionaire in existence.

[republianmushroom]

16. Stroking the ego. $100,000 Trump-branded watch.

Has anybody told this fool, a $10.00 Timex watch will tell the time just as good.

[AllaN01Bear]

17. mom would say, how much would that feed the poor with if he sold it?

that is gross.

[Midnight Writer]

18. I'd like to see him try to sell it on some reality show pawn shop.

That would be entertaining.

[Figarosmom]

19. He paid 18.5 million

For a 100,000 dollar watch.

WHAT A DEAL!!!!

[Sogo]

20. All of a quality that you'd get at the Five and Dime....

If you're too young to know what that is, Google is your friend....

[Kali]

25. Now known as dollar stores

[Initech]

21. They weren't there for the watches or the food. They were there because they bought Trump.

And I will gladly tell these assholes where they can shove their stupid fake money! :grr;

[usonian]

22. This one?

Or did they go only to people who rode the elevator with him?

[rubbersole]

35. That's a "I'm taking a royal dump now" grimace.

Apologies to Grimace.

[FakeNoose]

24. If he has any sense of propriety at all, he'll never wear this watch

But then... he was the top donor to Chump's meme coins, so we already know how little sense he has.

[ToxMarz]

26. It's a $20 watch

that 'retails' for $100,000.

[Mosby]

29. If the weight estimates are correct

The watch contains about $22,600 worth of gold. The watch face claims it's "Swiss made" but there is evidence that some of the movement is Chinese, so lets say about 5k. There isn't any info about tcw, but the diamonds are not worth that much because of their size. Let's say maybe around 6k.

Total value $33,600.

[jmowreader]

33. You're assuming the gold parts in it are solid gold

There is an extremely high probability all the gold parts are plated, and if they are $25 worth of gold would do several watches.

[rubbersole]

36. That would explain why the wearer's wrist is green.

[Mosby]

37. It's an 18k solid gold case.

The other one ($700) is plated.

[Walleye]

27. Sometimes their writing is so bad I can't even understand what they're trying to say

I think they could really use a remedial English composition course in that White House

[RockRaven]

28. I'd be curious to know the manufacturing cost, and true resale value, of said watch

[sakabatou]

30. Womp-womp

[Mz Pip]

31. It's only worth $100k

if he can sell it for $100k. I highly doubt that’s feasible.

[CanonRay]

32. Calling it an industry is quite a stretch

They don't make anything

[orleans]

34. who is the Bill. who is complaining about this dinner; the food wasn't good, trump's speech was shit, etc nt

on edit: i think i heard that on hal sparks show but i missed the name of the billionaire

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

38. Which cost $10 to manufacture

[Aussie105]

39. As someone who stopped wearing a watch as soon as mobile phones were invented . . .

got to ask - Why?
Why do watches still exist?

Anyway, more on the $100K watch here:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/trump-watch-likely-made-in-china-overpriced-1236013728/

From the link: “And you can pick up a Chinese tourbillon for $100.”

A quick look at eBay confirms this, lots of good looking tourbillon watches listed for sub $100.